Is it possible to learn C++ without any knowledge of something like C#?

I am looking to learn programming, but what is the best language to start with? and i know nothing about programming languages. I would like to advance to C++, so wheres the best place to start? and can you reccomend a book/video etc to help me learn the language you reccomend thanks.. sorry i dragged on.

Is it possible to learn C++ without any knowledge of something like C#?
yes. Most computer science schools probably start you with either C/C++ or Java.





While there are other "easier" languages to program with, if you trully want to be a good programmer, you need a solid foundation and C++ and Java will give you that.





After you have a solid foundation, you can branch out to any other language you'd like (C# seems to be gaining a lot of ground in the microsoft world, while you can use PHP in the LAMP universe - linux, apache, mySql and PHP)





I can't recommend a language. That'll depend on which universe you'd like to be in (Microsoft, Linux, agnostic, etc)
Reply:Yes, here is a series of video tutorials to get you started learning C++:





http://xoax.net/comp/cpp/console/index.p...
Reply:start with c. there are books at barnes and noble or borders. they are great